List of hackathons in Newburgh, United States in 2016

If you are interested in making a real difference in how we treat our planet, join the Hub Culture hackathon. During this event top developers and innovaters will work on technologies to benefit the UN Sustainable Developement Goals. Using technology provided by event sponsors venue host Rise, Forbes, ClimateWeekNYC, MIT Connection Science, Ven, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the American Carbon Registry. At the end of the hackathon, a 5 person panel will be awarding one skilled hacker a $1,000 prize for best technology.

create to use the margin of the UN General Assembly, the GODAN summit hackathon will be a tool used to urge world leaders to release their data sets on agriculture and nutrition, which will aide in ending world hunger but defining the problem and allowing leaders to set goals. The goal of the hackathon is to provided example solutions for the question: "How might we allow for better utilization, collection, and/or accessibility to open data such that we can improve our food system and our chances at food security?"

Starting up and fearful of rejection? Come and attend the one-day Rejectionathon event that helps founders gain confidence in selling. At Rejectionathon, you’ll be given a list of challenges that will put you just slightly out of your comfort zone, and you’ll want to complete as many of them as you can with your team. Similar to a hackathon, you'll spend the day solving fun, adrenaline-packed "hustle challenges" with a small team.

You don't have to be an expert to participate in the Week of VR - Unity® Boot Camp! It's designed for beginners with no prior experience. If you're an intermediate or advanced user, then you will be able to compete in a VR hackathon. All participants will be able to use a protoype of Google's Project Tango — the world's most advanced tablet. All participants will learn how to develop for this amazing untethered room scale device.

Have a great idea for a startup!? Or need another round of feedback on your existing product? This is a great way to do it. Participants are encouraged to present, receive/give feedback and meet new people. Hone those skills the pros are using in Silicon Valley by joining this workshop/sprint/hackathon to work on your projects, ideas and dreams. Bradley Rubin Chief Product Officer of CompuSmart Solutions and user experience design champion will be leading this session.

Interested in exploring the Future of Food: Innovating for a 21st Century Food System. They say, “you are what you eat,” but do you truly understand what you’re eating, where it is comes from, and the impact it has? Join the conversation with Be Social Change at our Future of Food panel to not only understand what’s on your plate, but also how it got into your shopping cart and onto your dinner table.

A collaboration between Yale's numerous entrepreneurial organizations, the Yale Entrepreneurship Bazaar is sure to provide great networking opportunities, sponsors, and mailing lists for interested parties. In addition, stands will be advertising upcoming hackathons and classes within the community, and culinary startups will be handing out free samples of their products.

High school students! Come alone or with your team of up to 4 hackers and participate in Space Apps Next Gen — the first two-day high school space hackathon. You'll compete to build software, open hardware, data visualization, and citizen science platform solutions that contribute to space exploration and solve global challenges that focus on improving life on earth. Challenges this year are: →DATA DIVE: Create an app, data aggregator, or visualization of open NASA data to educate and involve the public with trends and information. →SENSOR YOURSELF: Build something that can allow robots or astronauts to navigate through a hazardous obstacle course relying solely on sensor data. →"SPACE INVADERS": Create a game set in space! Have fun and be creative! →CREATE YOUR OWN: As long as it relates to space science or is an innovative solution to a problem your team can solve, create your own 'Space App'!

Have a great idea for a startup!?  Or need an iterative round of feedback on an existing product?  This is a great way to do it. Participants are encouraged to present, receive and give feedback and meet new people.  And most importantly have fun!  Hone those skills the pros are using in Silicon Valley by joining this Design Sprint and Hackathon to work on your projects, ideas, and dreams.

Designers, marketers, entrepreneurs, VR enthusiasts, forward-thinkers, curious minds! Ready for a challenge? Think how mobile transformed how you manage your everyday life! Your mobile device is now the center of your daily routine -- alarm clock, workout companion, grocery list, entertainment system, local yellow pages, and more. Now, re-imagine what this daily routine would look like in virtual reality. At the 24 Hours in VR hackathon, your team will choose an hour of the day and create a conceptual mobile VR product to showcase how you can transform daily routines with virtual reality.